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Overview

King K. Holmes was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focused on medicine, with a specialization in infectious diseases. Additional contributions were made in microbiology, oncology, clinical psychology, and general health professions.

Their work spanned various topics, including:

  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • HIV/AIDS research and interventions
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Viral infections and outbreaks research
  • COVID-19 and mental health
  • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health
  • Celiac disease research and management

King K. Holmes published papers in multiple venues, notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
  • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Some of their recent publications included:

  • "Covid-19, Ebola, and HIV - Leveraging Lessons to Maximize Impact" (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • "A combination approach of behavioural and biomedical interventions for prevention of sexually transmitted infections" (2020, Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
  • "Seroprevalencia poblacional de la enfermedad celíaca en zonas urbanas del Perú" (2020, Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública)
  • "Post-migration HIV acquisition among African immigrants in the U.S" (2022, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health)
  • "From the NIH: Proceedings of a Workshop on the Importance of Self-Obtained Vaginal Specimens for Detection of Sexually Transmitted Infections" (2020, UNC Libraries)

Frequently collaborating co-authors included:

  • Connie Celum
  • Ruanne V. Barnabas
  • Ann C. Collier
  • Wafaa El-Sadr
  • Christine Johnston

Best Publications

  • Nonspecific vaginitis: Diagnostic criteria and microbial and epidemiologic associations

    Richard Amsel;Patricia A. Totten;Carol A. Spiegel;Kirk C.S. Chen

  • Guidelines for prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents: recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

    Jonathan E. Kaplan;Constance Benson;King K. Holmes;John T. Brooks

  • A case‐control study of chorioamnionic infection and histologic chorioamnionitis in prematurity

    SL Hillier;J Martius;M Krohn;N Kiviat

  • A cohort study of the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or 3 in relation to papillomavirus infection

    LA Koutsky;KK Holmes;CW Critchlow;CE Stevens

  • PREVENTION OF PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE BY SCREENING FOR CERVICAL CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION

    Delia Scholes;Andy Stergachis;Fred E. Heidrich;Holly Andrilla

  • Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis by direct gram stain of vaginal fluid.

    C A Spiegel;R Amsel;K K Holmes

  • Genital herpes simplex virus infections: clinical manifestations, course, and complications.

    Lawrence Corey;Harry G. Adams;Zane A. Brown;King K. Holmes

  • Condom use and the risk of genital human papillomavirus infection in young women.

    Rachel L. Winer;James P. Hughes;Qinghua Feng;Sandra O'Reilly

  • Diagnosis of Coliform Infection in Acutely Dysuric Women

    Walter E. Stamm;George W. Counts;Katherine R. Running;Stephen Fihn

  • Effectiveness of condoms in preventing sexually transmitted infections

    King K. Holmes;Ruth Levine;Marcia Weaver

  • Prevalence of hydrogen peroxide-producing Lactobacillus species in normal women and women with bacterial vaginosis.

    D A Eschenbach;P R Davick;B L Williams;S J Klebanoff

  • EPIDEMIOLOGY OF GENITAL HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION

    Laura A. Koutsky;Denise A. Galloway;King K. Holmes

  • Diagnosis and clinical manifestations of bacterial vaginosis.

    David A. Eschenbach;Sharon Hillier;Cathy Critchlow;Claire Stevens

  • Independent associations of bacterial vaginosis and chlamydia trachomatis infection with adverse pregnancy outcome

    Michael G. Gravett;Preston H. Nelson;Timothy Derouen;Cathy Critchlow

  • Hydrogen peroxide-producing lactobacilli and acquisition of vaginal infections

    Stephen E. Hawes;Sharon L. Hillier;Jacqueline Benedetti;Claire E. Stevens

  • Rapid tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) : the way forward

    Rosanna W Peeling;King K Holmes;David Mabey;Allan Ronald

  • Guidelines for preventing opportunistic infections among HIV-infected persons - 2002

    Henry Masur;Jonathan E. Kaplan;King K. Holmes;Beverly Alston

  • Anaerobic Bacteria in Nonspecific Vaginitis

    Carol A. Spiegel;Richard Amsel;David Eschenbach;Fritz Schoenknecht

  • Preterm labor associated with subclinical amniotic fluid infection and with bacterial vaginosis.

    Michael G. Gravett;Deborah Hummel;David A. Eschenbach;King K. Holmes

  • USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus

    David Lanier;Neil Schram;Ellen Cooper;Kenneth A. Freedberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter E. Stamm
Walter E. Stamm University of Washington
David A. Eschenbach
David A. Eschenbach University of Washington
Nancy B. Kiviat
Nancy B. Kiviat University of Washington
H. Hunter Handsfield
H. Hunter Handsfield University of Washington
James P. Hughes
James P. Hughes University of Washington
Laura A. Koutsky
Laura A. Koutsky University of Washington
Matthew R. Golden
Matthew R. Golden University of Washington
Jorma Paavonen
Jorma Paavonen University of Helsinki
Joan K. Kreiss
Joan K. Kreiss University of Washington
Lawrence Corey
Lawrence Corey Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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